How do we know what people read in the past, and how they read it? This free course, History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past, is the first in a series of tutorials ...
History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past
The Open University via OpenLearn
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Debates about where to find readers
- 1 Debates about where to find readers
- 2 Evidence of reading experiences
- 2 Evidence of reading experiences
- 2.1 Diaries, journals, autobiographies and memoirs – the anecdotal sources
- 2.2 Inquisitorial sources – glimpses on common practices?
- 3 Using UK RED to understand reading in the past – collating the evidence
- 3 Using UK RED to understand reading in the past – collating the evidence
- 4 Conclusion and further reading
- 4 Conclusion and further reading
- Further reading
- Acknowledgements
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